Edge of the Apocalypse

Chapter 1060: Wei City in the Mountains

[A damaged carriage was dismantled. Soldiers removed wooden axles, planks, etc. from the carriage and carried them deep into the cave. Alan had already used the red edge to cut out a square exit. The soldiers brought wooden planks to lay it on the edge of the exit, and then fixed it with axle braces to prevent the mud and rocks from collapsing at the exit. Alan took Regis and Laura to explore the path first. They walked out of the cave with torches and came to the stone path that was knocked along the mountain wall. This stone path seemed to have been cut out from the mountains, heading towards the dim space below. The slope of the stone path was gentle. To prevent accidents, the few of them walked along the mountain wall. The light from the torch could only illuminate things within a few meters of it. The space in the belly of the mountain was abnormally spacious, and it was very difficult for the flames to illuminate the entire space.

From time to time, stone paths passed by stone pillars. It was unknown if these huge stone pillars, which required several people to hug together, were built naturally or artificially. They supported the belly of the mountain to prevent it from collapsing. There were so many stone pillars, and Alan had already passed over a dozen of them along the way. As for the number of such pillars in the darkness, he didn't know how many of them there were. The space in the belly of the mountain was like a giant stone hall. Alan did not know how big the stone hall was, nor did he know where it led to.

Space itself was a kind of power. Even Regis remained silent in this inexplicably open mountain.

Alan suddenly stopped.

In the flames, one could see that the stone path had begun to change direction. It no longer extended along the mountain wall, but instead extended towards the center of the mountain with a gentle curve. Alan narrowed his eyes. The torches in everyone's hands were glowing brighter and brighter. The flames even rose to a height of one meter. Under the influence of the Monarch of Fire, the torch's light increased dramatically, and the range of vision increased as well. The few of them were Level 20 or above experts. A little light was enough for them to see a lot of things, not to mention the fiery light now. Everyone, including Alan, saw a stone path stretch out from the pillars under the flames. In the distance, this stone path connected to a magnificent stone bridge, which extended into the darkness in the distance. Alan threw the torch out and it spun into a ball of fire.

This ball of fire cut through the darkness, illuminating a corner of the abdominal space. One could see that there were other stone paths between the stone pillars. No matter where the stone paths originated, they all extended towards the magnificent stone bridge in the middle. This was simply a transportation network that existed in the heart of the mountain!

The torch finally crashed into a stone pillar and bounced down again. The flames continued to dissipate and eventually dissipated.

Alan turned around and exchanged glances with Regis and the others. "We seem to have come to an incredible place," he said.

They returned to the cave. At this time, the rest of the troops were resting. The eyes of the wounded soldier shone brightly after they had eaten and drank enough. Especially knowing that he didn't have to die in the cave, these men's eyes were filled with fighting spirit. They were not afraid of powerful opponents, nor of the hardships of the journey. However, if he knew that he was going to be trapped in the cave to experience the feeling of dying slowly, it would be better to die than to live. Now that the new hope was right in front of them, the soldiers naturally rekindled their fighting spirit.

Under Fares' arrangement, ten Mountain King Warriors and five Inch Fire Archers formed an exploration squad and followed Alan to the front of the squad. Their mission was to help Alan identify and clear the dangers and obstacles, followed by the seriously wounded and merchants, including several trucks, and finally Fares and other warriors. The team left the cave one after another and walked onto the cliff path. There were no railings on the other side of the path, but the path was wide enough that even two carriages were more than enough. Therefore, there was no need to worry about falling down unless the path collapsed.

There were dozens of torches lit in the team. From afar, the flames looked like a fire dragon. After an unknown number of years of silence, this space had passed. They walked around the bend and saw a stone bridge in the middle of the hillside space. This stone bridge seemed to have been directly excavated from the mountain. The bridge deck was tens of meters wide. The rocks under the bridge stood abruptly, and there were bridge holes. The sound of flowing water could be heard in the darkness.

As he walked onto the stone bridge, Ian's entire body trembled and his five bodies fell to the ground. He walked with Allen, and the latter did not stop him. Allen could understand the shock in the old man's heart at this moment. Even he was excited about the mountain space and the stone bridge. Not to mention, Ian, who grew up in Frost Wind City, was going to witness the underground miracles that his ancestors had witnessed before. How could Ian be calm?

In the end, Alan helped him up. Ian rode on his thin horse and his eyes were wet. He said to Alan, "I never thought that I would be able to get here one day. How long will it take, Lord Alan? If I can get out, I can proudly tell the world that what our ancestors said is true. There is indeed an underground tunnel!"

Alan smiled but didn't answer. He took the lead. The stone bridge stretched out for a few hours, and it was about evening now. Only then did something else appear in front of the stone bridge. It was an arch, a huge arch directly carved out of the mountain. It was nearly a hundred meters tall and had the same width as the bridge deck. It was perfectly connected to the stone bridge. The arch was hollow. The two stone pillars on both sides of the door were totem-like. However, the two stone pillars seemed to have been dug out from the mountain like the door. The upper and lower ends of the stone pillars were one with the mountain wall.

There were two braziers in front of the arch, and when Alan threw the torch into one of them, there was only the light of the torch. Gradually, the flames lit up. A few seconds later, a flame burst out. Sparks splashed everywhere, and the flames on the brazier were blazing. The ointment stored in the secret technique actually worked. Alan did the same. After the two furnaces lit up, the arch stone bridge was illuminated brightly within a hundred meters.

The team was resting on the edge of the huge arch. Alan stood by the door and could feel some moisture in the wind blowing from the door. He could vaguely see a faint blue light in the darkness of the door, and he didn't know what it was emitting. Laura walked over to Alan and whispered, "We're not alone here. I can feel something in the darkness. It's best if we go through here quietly so we don't get into any trouble."

Alan nodded. "Didn't Ian say that their ancestors found cave dwellers in this big tunnel? I guess they weren't hospitable owners."

Laura smiled and said, "I'm relieved that you still know how to joke at this time."

Alan shook her hand.

Ten minutes later, the team continued to set out. After passing through the arch, a plaza was lit by the fire. In the middle of the plaza stood a statue that was about a hundred meters tall. It was unknown if it was intentional or if the head of the statue had disappeared due to the erosion of time. However, it could be seen that this was a woman, or a goddess. The base stone of the statue was carved with roses, as if it had some sort of symbolic significance.

After bypassing the statue and crossing the plaza, one could see a gentle slope climbing up. After walking up the gentle slope, a city appeared in everyone's eyes. This was a city dug out from the mountains. The buildings in the city were long and narrow. The tall and low buildings stretched into the depths of the darkness, and one could see the void beyond the edges of the two ends of the city. There was a faint blue light in the air below the mountain belly, so even without the help of the flames, Allen and the other experts could use the blue light underground to see the entire city.

Urban buildings rose and fell according to the terrain. There was often a difference between the two buildings ranging from ten meters to tens of meters. It seemed that the mountain platform where the buildings were located should be artificially flattened. After all, it was impossible for such a regular platform to exist in nature. Platforms are connected by arch bridges or curved slopes. Each platform is a block, and the city is made up of countless blocks!

Because it was located in the mountains, there was no suspense. The buildings in the city were basically made of stone. The long, processed stones piled up into simple houses. However, under the erosion of time, most of the buildings had collapsed, and one could only imagine the glory of the city from the ruins. Walking along the streets of the city, one could also see diversion canals built on both sides of the streets. There was a deep well for storing water every ten meters or so, and statues or trees were decorated between the houses. However, the diversion canal had long since dried up, and the water storage well had been blocked by wormwood. The statue had turned into incomplete stones, and the trees had long since withered away for a thousand years.

"What exactly happened here?" Alan sighed softly. Naturally, no one could answer this question.

Edward, who was standing beside him, said in a low voice, "Something's wrong."

"What?"

"Let's not talk about how time-consuming it is to empty mountains in the belly of the mountain, to build this city and that stone bridge outside, and to open up a complex network of traffic that clearly leads to other places. I wonder if you've noticed the strangest thing about this city. Just the architecture and layout of this city reveal a civilization that surpasses that of the current era of the Bailey Gon Empire. I dare to bet that the imperial capital is probably nothing more than this, or even slightly inferior to it. Then the question arose. The ancestors of Frost Wind City were also people from hundreds of years ago in terms of time. When they discovered the city, it was obvious that the city was already like this. In other words, we were in an ancient ruin. It could have been a thousand years ago, or even longer. "

"In that case, a city of this size could be built in such a distant era. The people living in this city are not simple."

"You should also know that the ancestors of Adahua Planet came to this planet. If it was them, it wouldn't be surprising to build a city of this size. You haven't been to Golden City, but I think the architectural style here is somewhat similar to Adahua Planet's Sky City." Ellen frowned, "It's just that I haven't heard that the people of Adahua Planet have a hobby of building cities underground …" josei

"Who knows? Perhaps, they want to try something new?" Edward's joke was still cold.